Do i have to know Entity framework to learn WCF?

Andrew MC

12y2k

hi,

i'm thinking about learning WCF. But at the moment i don't know LINQ and entity framework. I still use the old ado .net. But most of the tutorials written on WCF with back end connections have used Entity framework and LINQ. Now i'm in bit of a worry that if i learn WCF, i wouldn't be able to write WCF application to deal with backends due to lack in knowledge in Entity framework and LINQ.

1. Is it possible to write WCF application that uses old Ado .NET style db connection (without LINQ or entity framework)?

2. What are the disadvantages of writing WCF applications with old ADo .NET?

thanks

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Nimit Joshi12y ago
See, it is very good to know the latest technologies and work on it. As you say that you are learning the WCF, so it is very good. According to my opinion there is no need to learn the entity framework to work on the WCF.

Yes you can use the ADO.NET Style in the WCF Service Application. You can google the advantages to work with the WCF.

But at last i must say that the new technologies are coming day by day, so that you should learn the Entity Framework and LINQ to work with these technologies. You can use it with the WCF Service applications too.
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Abhay Shanker12y ago
Check below links can be helpful to you

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/45903/WCF-databinding-using-ADO-NET
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/334639/wcf-rest-vs-ado-net-data-services
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